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Kajri: When the Village Sang Together in “Sawan”

Harē Rāma rim-jhim barsē pāniyā, Jhūlē Rādhā rāniyā hē Hari. Hari kī saṅgē jhūlē vṝndāvana mēṁ, Śyām saṅgē jhūlē vṝndāvana mēṁ, Chāī ghāṭā ghanaghōrā hē Hari… Harē Rāma rim-jhim barsē pāniyā, Jhūlē Rādhā rāniyā hē...

Army’s plan of Code of Conduct for veterans draws flak

Retired officials severely criticised the news

Amit Shah misses BSF’s 55th Raising Day Parade

He had missed the ITBP Raising Day parade in the past too

WB: TMC continues to bolster party support with anti-NRC narrative

With a clean sweep of all three Assembly seats in the West Bengal bye-election, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has seemingly capitalised on the ire against the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in West Bengal.

Maha Vikas Aghadi bats for release for Bhima Koregaon activists

Leaders urge Maha CM Uddhav Thackeray to quash the cases against activists who have been fighting for marginalized sections of society

K’taka HC questions on detention centres reveals govt’s plans to build 35 centres across state

This is probably the first case where the crucial issue of detention centres has been brought forth by Karnataka High Court. With the increasing furore around NRC (national Register of Citizens) and the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) which is yet to be tabled in the Parliament, the question of detention centres --which have their deplorable unaccountable trajectory in Assam-- has now a relevance in Karnataka.

Anti NRC-NPR sentiments run high in Mumbai citizens’ meeting

  At a meeting organised by Pahel foundation in Mumbai's...

Bengal BJP leaders, bitter over recent bye-elections debacle, seek blessings of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

A day after the Bengak poll results, the BJP Bengal top leadership decided on a meeting with Sri Sri Ravishankar in Kolkata. Clear differences within the the BJP’s Bengal leadership appear to be emerging and the conflict point is one. The proposed National Register of Citizens(NRC)!

Assam simmers over CAB, protests spill over to Manipur too

Assam, Manipur and other north-eastern states see simmering protests over the proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill

Sonowal, Assam CM escapes in chopper as AASU protesters reach his home

Dibrugarh, December 2, 2019: In an amusing twist to...

AAMSU expresses concerns on all India NRC, CAB and clause 6 of Assam Accord

The Union Home Minister had recently held a meeting of stakeholders from the north-east to hear their views on nation-wide NRC. Among other stake holders, AAMSU (All Assam Minorities Students’ Union) was one of the groups who attended and presented its view. In the written memorandum, AAMSU laid down concerns on how a nation-wide NRC would abrogate the Assam Accord. The memorandum also apprised the Centre on how its own , government approved High Level Committee for implementation of clause 6 of Assam Accord was far exceeding its agenda.

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